Hosea 7:4
"They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

They are all adulterers,.... King, princes, priests, and people, both in a spiritual and corporeal sense; they were all idolaters, given to idols try, eager of it, and constant in it, as the following metaphors show; and they were addicted to corporeal adultery; this was a prevailing vice among all ranks and degrees of men. So the Targum, "they all desire to

lie with their neighbours' wives;'' see Jer 5:7 ; as an oven heated by the baker; which, if understood of spiritual adultery or idolatry, denotes their eagerness after it, and fervour in it, excited by their king, or by the devil and his instruments, the priests and false prophets; and if of bodily uncleanness, it is expressive of the heat of that lust, which is sometimes signified by burning; and is stirred up by the devil and the corrupt hearts of men to such a degree as to be raised to a flame, and be like a raging fire, or a heated oven; see Rom 1:27 ; who ceaseth from raising; that is, the baker, having heated his oven, ceaseth from raising up the women to bring their bread to the bake house; or he ceaseth from waking, or from watching his oven; he lays himself down to sleep, and continues in it: after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened; having kneaded the dough, and put in the leaven, he lets it alone to work till the whole mass is leavened, taking his rest in the mean while: as the former clause expresses the vehement desire of the people after adultery, spiritual or corporeal, this may signify their continuance in it; or rather the wilful negligence of the king, priests, and prophets, who, instead of awaking them out of their sleep on a bed of adultery, let them alone in it, until they were all infected with it.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (12 words)

H3605 כֹּל
Definition:

8 Kt.),noun masculinethe whole, all(Moabite, Phoenician,id.; Aramaicכּוֺל,; Arabic; Sabeanכל, compare DHMEpigr. Denk. 36-38; EthiopicAssyriankullatu) — absoluteכֹּל, constructכֹּלGenesis 2:5,16,20 #NA 8 Kt.),noun masculinethe whole, all(Moabite, Phoenician,id.; Aramaicכּוֺל,; Arabic; Sabeanכל, compare DHMEpigr. Denk. 36-38; EthiopicAssyriankullatu) — absoluteכֹּל, constructכֹּלGenesis 2:5,16,20 #NA

H5003 נָאַף
Definition:

—QalImperfect3masculine singularיִנְאַףLeviticus 20:10(twice in verse); 3masculine pluralוַיִּנְאָ֑פוּJeremiah 5:73t.Imperfect; Infinitive absoluteנָאוֺףJeremiah 23:14;נָאֹףHosea 4:2;Jeremiah 7:9;Part —QalImperfect3masculine singularיִנְאַףLeviticus 20:10(twice in verse); 3masculine pluralוַיִּנְאָ֑פוּJeremiah 5:73t.Imperfect; Infinitive absoluteנָאוֺףJeremiah 23:14;נָאֹףHosea 4:2;Jeremiah 7:9;Part

Possible Meanings:
  • adultery (semantic_range)
H3644 כְּמוֹ
Definition:

compare AramaicכְּמָאlikePsalm 78:68Levy, usuallyכְּמָא דְּlike as;(i.e.)like what, like, usually followed bylike as; Samaritan; ArabicEthiopickama, like as, Di Gr§ 63 aSabeanכמוZMG 1883, 394) — used1 compare AramaicכְּמָאlikePsalm 78:68Levy, usuallyכְּמָא דְּlike as;(i.e.)like what, like, usually followed bylike as; Samaritan; ArabicEthiopickama, like as, Di Gr§ 63 aSabeanכמוZMG 1883, 394) — used1

Possible Meanings:
  • when (semantic_range)
  • the like of what (semantic_range)
H8574 תַּנּוּר
Definition:

26portablestove or fire-pot(loan-word from Assyriantinûru,id., according to DHMVOJ i. 23(otherwise DvorakZK i. 155 ff.);׳ת, a large earthen jar, still in Syria, WetzstVerhandl. d. Berl. Anthrop. Gesel 26portablestove or fire-pot(loan-word from Assyriantinûru,id., according to DHMVOJ i. 23(otherwise DvorakZK i. 155 ff.);׳ת, a large earthen jar, still in Syria, WetzstVerhandl. d. Berl. Anthrop. Gesel

H1197 בָּעַר
Definition:

A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative fromba'ar) to be(-come) brutish -- be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, ki A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative fromba'ar) to be(-come) brutish -- be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, ki

Possible Meanings:
  • brutishness (semantic_range)
H0644 אָפָה
Definition:

3;אָפִיתִיIsaiah 44:19;וְאָפוconsecutiveLeviticus 26:26etc.;Imperfect3feminine singular suffixוַתֹּפֵהו1Samuel 28:24;יאֹפוEzekiel 46:20;תּאֹפוExodus 16:23;ImperativeאֵפוExodus 16:23;ParticipleאֹפֶהGen 3;אָפִיתִיIsaiah 44:19;וְאָפוconsecutiveLeviticus 26:26etc.;Imperfect3feminine singular suffixוַתֹּפֵהו1Samuel 28:24;יאֹפוEzekiel 46:20;תּאֹפוExodus 16:23;ImperativeאֵפוExodus 16:23;ParticipleאֹפֶהGen

Possible Meanings:
  • bake (semantic_range)
H7673 שָׁבַת
Definition:

A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific) -- (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sab A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific) -- (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sab

Possible Meanings:
  • observe (semantic_range)
H5782 עוּר
Definition:

2Baer Ginsb, and Qr van d. H., but Ktיעירנו(Hiph`il), Babylonian Masora (see Baerp. 58), so Ginsbmarginvan d. H.; read thus, orיְעוֺרְרֶנּוּ(Po`l.) Bu; > contracted form of Po`l. Ges§ 72ccDi; compare 2Baer Ginsb, and Qr van d. H., but Ktיעירנו(Hiph`il), Babylonian Masora (see Baerp. 58), so Ginsbmarginvan d. H.; read thus, orיְעוֺרְרֶנּוּ(Po`l.) Bu; > contracted form of Po`l. Ges§ 72ccDi; compare

Possible Meanings:
  • chaff (semantic_range)
H3888 לוּשׁ
Definition:

or); —QalImperfect3feminine singularוַּתָּ֫לָשׁ1 Samuel 28:24;2 Samuel 13:8Qr (Ktושׁ-);Imperativefeminine singularל֫וּשִׁיGenesis 18:6;Infinitive constructמִלּוּשׁHosea 7:4;Participlefeminine pluralלָ or); —QalImperfect3feminine singularוַּתָּ֫לָשׁ1 Samuel 28:24;2 Samuel 13:8Qr (Ktושׁ-);Imperativefeminine singularל֫וּשִׁיGenesis 18:6;Infinitive constructמִלּוּשׁHosea 7:4;Participlefeminine pluralלָ

Possible Meanings:
  • knead (semantic_range)
H1217 בָּצֵק
Definition:

394t.; suffixבְּצֵקוֺExodus 12:34; —dough, not fermentedExodus 12:34,39 (E); no restriction2 Samuel 13:8;Hosea 7:4;Jeremiah 7:18.Topical LexiconEntry: בָּצֵק (batsaq) – DoughOccurrences and Narrative 394t.; suffixבְּצֵקוֺExodus 12:34; —dough, not fermentedExodus 12:34,39 (E); no restriction2 Samuel 13:8;Hosea 7:4;Jeremiah 7:18.Topical LexiconEntry: בָּצֵק (batsaq) – DoughOccurrences and Narrative

H5704 עַד
Definition:

20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti 20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti

Possible Meanings:
  • until (semantic_range)
H2556 חָמֵץ
Definition:

A primitive root; to be pungent; i.e. In taste (sour, i.e. Literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling) -- cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.Brown-Driver-BriggsI.חָמֵץverbbe A primitive root; to be pungent; i.e. In taste (sour, i.e. Literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling) -- cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.Brown-Driver-BriggsI.חָמֵץverbbe

Possible Meanings:
  • be ruthless (semantic_range)

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